UN / PROTECTION OF CIVILIANS
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Addressing the Security Council annual debate on the protection of civilians (PoC) in armed conflict, Secretary-General António Guterres said, “war is devastating lives around the world,” and stressed that “we must intensify our efforts to prevent conflict, protect civilians, preserve peace and find political solutions to war.” UNIFEED
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STORY: UN / PROTECTION OF CIVILIANS
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SOURCE: UNIFEED
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LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / FRENCH / PORTUGUESE / NATS
DATELINE: 23 MAY 2023, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
SHOTLIST:
FILE - NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior UN Headquarters
23 MAY 2023, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, Security Council
3. Med shot, Secretary-General António Guterres and Swiss President Alain Berset
4. SOUNDBITE (French) António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“War is devastating lives around the world. Explosive weapons continue to wreak havoc, especially in the cities. Last year, 94 per cent of their victims in populated areas were civilians. Those able to flee the fighting did so in record numbers. The total number forced from their homes due to conflict, violence, human rights violations and persecution reached 100 million refugees.”
5. Wide shot, Council
6. SOUNDBITE (English) António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“War means hunger. Armed conflict is a key factor driving food insecurity around the world. Last year, more than 117 million people faced acute hunger primarily because of war and insecurity. This is an outrage. Damage to critical infrastructure hampers food production, blocks distribution and deprives people of safe water.”
7. Med shot, delegates
8. SOUNDBITE (English) António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Peace is the best form of protection. We must intensify our efforts to prevent conflict, protect civilians, preserve peace and find political solutions to war. In the coming weeks, I will issue a policy brief on A New Agenda for Peace in preparation for next year’s Summit of the Future. This will offer a holistic approach for Member States to consider, tuned to the times, to address peace and security in a changing world.”
9. Med shot, delegates
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Mirjana Spoljaric Egger, President, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC):
“The protection of civilians is a precondition of stability, peace and recovery. My calls to the States today are urgent. First, protect civilians and critical infrastructure in urban areas. The widespread and often indiscriminate destruction of homes and critical infrastructure disproportionately raises the cost of war.”
11. Med shot, delegates
12. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Filipe Jacinto Nyusi, President, Mozambique:
“The main concern of our government and of our defensive security forces has been the protection of the life and dignity of civilians, including social reintegration of those terrorists captured or who flee from the ranks. This at the moment, it is estimated that of the total of 800,000 about 300,000 people have already returned to their places of origin due to the improvement of the security situation in recent months.”
13. Wide shot, end of briefing
14. Pan left, Swizz President Alain Berset at the stakeout podium
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Alain Berset, President, Swiss Confederation:
“So, we have the legal framework, we have the political and operational tools to protect civilians in armed conflicts and we just need to apply those instruments and for that there needs to be sufficient political will. Voila, and today maybe last point, Switzerland highlighted five ways to achieve a better protection, ending attacks on supplies of essential goods immediately; ensuring full and quick access to humanitarian aid for all; and anyone using hunger as an instrument of war will be held accountable; fourth point involving woman in all decision; and continuing protection after peacekeeping missions.”
16. Zoom out, flags
STORYLINE:
Addressing the Security Council annual debate on the protection of civilians (PoC) in armed conflict, Secretary-General António Guterres today (23 May) said, “war is devastating lives around the world,” and stressed that “we must intensify our efforts to prevent conflict, protect civilians, preserve peace and find political solutions to war.”
The Secretary-General said, “explosive weapons continue to wreak havoc, especially in the cities” and noted that “last year, 94 per cent of their victims in populated areas were civilians.”
“The total number forced from their homes due to conflict, violence, human rights violations and persecution,” he said, has reached 100 million refugees.
Guterres said, “war means hunger,” adding that “armed conflict is a key factor driving food insecurity around the world.”
Last year, he noted, “more than 117 million people faced acute hunger primarily because of war and insecurity.”
He said this was “an outrage.”
The Secretary-General said, “peace is the best form of protection. We must intensify our efforts to prevent conflict, protect civilians, preserve peace and find political solutions to war.”
He announced that in the coming weeks, he will issue a policy brief on A New Agenda for Peace in preparation for next year’s Summit of the Future.
Guterres said, “this will offer a holistic approach for Member States to consider, tuned to the times, to address peace and security in a changing world.”
The President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Mirjana Spoljaric Egger, told the Council that “the protection of civilians is a precondition of stability, peace and recovery” and called on States to “protect civilians and critical infrastructure in urban areas.”
Mozambique President Filipe Jacinto Nyusi said, “the main concern of our government and of our defensive security forces has been the protection of the life and dignity of civilians, including social reintegration of those terrorists captured or who flee from the ranks.”
Nyusi said, “of the total of 800,000 about 300,000 people have already returned to their places of origin due to the improvement of the security situation in recent months.”
Speaking to journalists outside the Council, Swizz President Alain Berset said, “we have the legal framework, we have the political and operational tools to protect civilians in armed conflicts and we just need to apply those instruments and for that there needs to be sufficient political will.”
Switzerland, which holds the presidency of the Council during the month of May, convened today’s debate as a ministerial-level signature event. The debate focused on the intertwined challenges of conflict-induced food insecurity and the protection of critical civilian infrastructure and essential services in conflict.
TRT: 03:50
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / FRENCH / PORTUGUESE / NATS
DATELINE: 23 MAY 2023, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
SHOTLIST:
FILE - NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior UN Headquarters
23 MAY 2023, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, Security Council
3. Med shot, Secretary-General António Guterres and Swiss President Alain Berset
4. SOUNDBITE (French) António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“War is devastating lives around the world. Explosive weapons continue to wreak havoc, especially in the cities. Last year, 94 per cent of their victims in populated areas were civilians. Those able to flee the fighting did so in record numbers. The total number forced from their homes due to conflict, violence, human rights violations and persecution reached 100 million refugees.”
5. Wide shot, Council
6. SOUNDBITE (English) António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“War means hunger. Armed conflict is a key factor driving food insecurity around the world. Last year, more than 117 million people faced acute hunger primarily because of war and insecurity. This is an outrage. Damage to critical infrastructure hampers food production, blocks distribution and deprives people of safe water.”
7. Med shot, delegates
8. SOUNDBITE (English) António Guterres, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Peace is the best form of protection. We must intensify our efforts to prevent conflict, protect civilians, preserve peace and find political solutions to war. In the coming weeks, I will issue a policy brief on A New Agenda for Peace in preparation for next year’s Summit of the Future. This will offer a holistic approach for Member States to consider, tuned to the times, to address peace and security in a changing world.”
9. Med shot, delegates
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Mirjana Spoljaric Egger, President, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC):
“The protection of civilians is a precondition of stability, peace and recovery. My calls to the States today are urgent. First, protect civilians and critical infrastructure in urban areas. The widespread and often indiscriminate destruction of homes and critical infrastructure disproportionately raises the cost of war.”
11. Med shot, delegates
12. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Filipe Jacinto Nyusi, President, Mozambique:
“The main concern of our government and of our defensive security forces has been the protection of the life and dignity of civilians, including social reintegration of those terrorists captured or who flee from the ranks. This at the moment, it is estimated that of the total of 800,000 about 300,000 people have already returned to their places of origin due to the improvement of the security situation in recent months.”
13. Wide shot, end of briefing
14. Pan left, Swizz President Alain Berset at the stakeout podium
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Alain Berset, President, Swiss Confederation:
“So, we have the legal framework, we have the political and operational tools to protect civilians in armed conflicts and we just need to apply those instruments and for that there needs to be sufficient political will. Voila, and today maybe last point, Switzerland highlighted five ways to achieve a better protection, ending attacks on supplies of essential goods immediately; ensuring full and quick access to humanitarian aid for all; and anyone using hunger as an instrument of war will be held accountable; fourth point involving woman in all decision; and continuing protection after peacekeeping missions.”
16. Zoom out, flags
STORYLINE:
Addressing the Security Council annual debate on the protection of civilians (PoC) in armed conflict, Secretary-General António Guterres today (23 May) said, “war is devastating lives around the world,” and stressed that “we must intensify our efforts to prevent conflict, protect civilians, preserve peace and find political solutions to war.”
The Secretary-General said, “explosive weapons continue to wreak havoc, especially in the cities” and noted that “last year, 94 per cent of their victims in populated areas were civilians.”
“The total number forced from their homes due to conflict, violence, human rights violations and persecution,” he said, has reached 100 million refugees.
Guterres said, “war means hunger,” adding that “armed conflict is a key factor driving food insecurity around the world.”
Last year, he noted, “more than 117 million people faced acute hunger primarily because of war and insecurity.”
He said this was “an outrage.”
The Secretary-General said, “peace is the best form of protection. We must intensify our efforts to prevent conflict, protect civilians, preserve peace and find political solutions to war.”
He announced that in the coming weeks, he will issue a policy brief on A New Agenda for Peace in preparation for next year’s Summit of the Future.
Guterres said, “this will offer a holistic approach for Member States to consider, tuned to the times, to address peace and security in a changing world.”
The President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Mirjana Spoljaric Egger, told the Council that “the protection of civilians is a precondition of stability, peace and recovery” and called on States to “protect civilians and critical infrastructure in urban areas.”
Mozambique President Filipe Jacinto Nyusi said, “the main concern of our government and of our defensive security forces has been the protection of the life and dignity of civilians, including social reintegration of those terrorists captured or who flee from the ranks.”
Nyusi said, “of the total of 800,000 about 300,000 people have already returned to their places of origin due to the improvement of the security situation in recent months.”
Speaking to journalists outside the Council, Swizz President Alain Berset said, “we have the legal framework, we have the political and operational tools to protect civilians in armed conflicts and we just need to apply those instruments and for that there needs to be sufficient political will.”
Switzerland, which holds the presidency of the Council during the month of May, convened today’s debate as a ministerial-level signature event. The debate focused on the intertwined challenges of conflict-induced food insecurity and the protection of critical civilian infrastructure and essential services in conflict.
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